Google Assistant may have debuted as a bonus feature in the company’s ho-hum Allo messaging app, but it’s been on a roll ever since. The AI helper is now embedded in more than 500 million devices worldwide, Google revealed Tuesday during its annual I/O developer conference keynote. The company is rolling out new features and products to make Assistant more helpful no matter what sort of device you use—and to keep pace with Amazon Echo’s fast and furious improvements.And get this: In the future, Google Assistant will even call local businesses to book appointments for you.It’s true. Google’s machine learning chops have advanced far enough that you’ll be able to ask Assistant to schedule an appointment for you at a business that can’t be easily booked online, and Google’s big brains in the sky will actually ring local shops to set up a reservation.To read this article in full, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year’s BookExpo Children’s Book & Author Dinner took place via Facebook Live, where more than 700 booksellers and others viewed in real time a diverse group of authors, ranging from the iconic Judy Blume to younger voices such as Kwame Mbalia and Raj Haldar. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo helds its first Adult Book and Author Dinner, in lieu of a breakfast, on Wednesday night, showcasing five of the big books of the year, in wide-ranging forms and styles, via Zoom. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has called for publishers to support the sector in getting back to business after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday (25th May) that stores could reopen from 15th June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 03:20:25 UTC ]
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New York Times best-selling author Samantha Irby may have become a household name (in certain households, anyway) following the massive success of her 2017 essay collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, but I fell in love with her hilariously funny and shamelessly honest work on her blog,... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-05-22 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Publishers will issue promotional terms intended to help independent bookstores recover from what it calls "the significant and calamitous impacts of Covid-19 on the channel." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group is launching a new program to assist in the reopening of independent bookstores. The program is intended to help stores recover from the impact of Covid-19 on their businesses, as well as to aid them in reopening. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Learning general manager Susan Winslow explains how the textbook publishers of yesterday are transforming into cutting-edge digital platforms focused on student success, and what the Covid-19 crisis is revealing about the future of learning. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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On this episode of Sheltering, Maris Kreizman speaks with Amy Jo Burns about her new novel, Shiner. Burns talks about loosely basing a character off her grandmother, the possible legalization of moonshine, and the skill of snake-handling. Her favorite local bookstore is Labyrinth Books; please... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-12 19:00:18 UTC ]
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Nobody wants a story when they cannot breathe, wrote author Sarah Perry, in a piece published in the Guardian last week, that detailed her passing crisis of confidence with her craft. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 22:38:44 UTC ]
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Viking has scooped an “urgent clarion call” for the British farming industry by Sarah Langford in a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 01:34:01 UTC ]
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Publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage have mutually agreed to call off their planned merger. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 10:50:25 UTC ]
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The inability to reach an agreement with the government about which divestitures the publishers needed to make to allow the merger to move forward led to the deal being canceled, the companies said. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In the midst of all our town halls, Latin dance breaks and golf tournaments on Zoom, April zoomed by at an alarmingly rapid pace. With the calendar turning to May, it's officially Q1 earnings season. Plus, Nielsen dives into what sports fans are watching in the absence of sports. Here are the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-05-01 20:05:11 UTC ]
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Previously unseen diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard, who spent the war years alongside the Royal family at Windsor, are to be published by Hodder & Stoughton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 08:29:15 UTC ]
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With sales at some bookstores down by as much as 80% since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the U.K. Booksellers Association has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlining steps the government can take to support the industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak asking for a series of measures to support booksellers during the Covid-19 crisis, including allowing retail spaces to be "furloughed" and help to keep the supply chain open. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 12:49:34 UTC ]
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In her new book, adventurer, filmmaker, and environmental advocate Alison Teal combines a message of self-empowerment with a vital awareness of the climate crisis that is roiling the planet. PW recently caught up with teal to talk about her life of adventure and advocacy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hurst Publishers has launched a subscription service so that readers can support the company through the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 02:12:52 UTC ]
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PRH UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon and Hachette UK c.e.o. David Shelley are among more than 400 leading names from the creative industries warning half the UK's creative businesses could be lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-27 00:49:47 UTC ]
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In ‘Superpower Showdown’ (Harper Business, June), Davis and coauthor Lingling Wei examine how U.S.-China relations deteriorated to the point of impasse just as cooperation between the world’s two largest economies has become more urgent than ever. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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